Biography

Raymond F. Schinazi, PhD, DSc, received his doctorate in chemistry from the University of Bath, England. Research in the Schinazi lab focuses on developing treatments for infections caused by HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, XMRV, herpes and dengue fever viruses. These treatment options include antiviral agents as well as synthetic, biochemical, pharmacological and molecular genetic approaches, including molecular modeling and gene therapy.

In addition to his work at Yerkes, Dr. Schinazi is a Senior Career Research Scientist at the Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Frances Winship Walters Professor at Emory University School of Medicine and Co-Director of the Virology and Drug Discovery Core for the Emory University Center for AIDS Research (CFAR).

Dr. Schinazi collaborates with a number of researchers at Yerkes, including Drs. Arash Grakoui, Francois Villinger, and Frank Novembre.